Hinged watch box



Nov. 17, 1964 s. BRAUN HINGED WATCH BOX 1 t e 8 mm 2 k 70 6 f f p i Q 26 9 1, w p u 4i i i 3T m w m n F F IN VEN TOR. 6/1/7052 15/714 U/VATTORNEY Nov. 17, 1964 Filed May 21, 1962 S. BRAUN HINGED WATCH BOX 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. /4/7054 BR/Il/A/ United States Patent 3,157,278l-EENGED WATCH 520K Samuel Braun, Rye, N.Y., assigns: to B.C.N. DesignFroducts lac, Middle Village, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed May21, 1962, Ser. No. 184,411 12 Claims. (Cl. ass-7s The present inventionrelates to a package, andit particularly relates to a plastic box to actas a package for and to enable ready display of a watch.

Although not limited thereto, the present invention will be particularlydirected to a hinged watch box in which a watch may be convenientlydisplayed and merchandised;

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a novel plasticbox construction which will enable ready merchandising, shipment,storage and packaging of a watch and which also will permit readydisplay thereof for customers upon a counter, in a showcase or in adisplay window.

Another object is to provide a novel plastic construction which may bereadily molded and assembled and can be utilized for displaying variousvaluable objects for merchandising and selling including but not limitedto mens and ladies watches.

Still further objects and advantages will appear in the more detaileddescription set forth below, it being understood, however, that thismore detailed description is given by way of illustration andexplanation only and not by way of limitation, since various changestherein may be made by those skilled in the art without departing fromthe scope and spirit of the present invention.

In accomplishing the above objects, it has been found most satisfactoryto provide a hinged cover and container element within which may beplaced molded plastic plaque elements for assuring a most satisfactorydisplay of watches or other goods to be displayed upon a counter or onback of a showcase.

The container or base portions is desirably more shallow than the hingedcover portion, and it desirably has molded in the interior bottomthereof an upwardly projecting location fin within which may bepositioned a holder tray having outwardly and upwardly divergent sidewalls with the rear wall extending to greater height than the frontwall. a

This tray is designed to carry a pad consisting of a molded convexmember having a central recess in which the mens or ladies watch isdesigned to be placed.

The front portion of the tray will desirably be enclosed in and belowthe upper edge of the shallow bottom element whereas the rear portionwill extend well up into the space enclosed by the cover.

Desirably, the hinge construction is formed integrally with the upperand lower plastic container sections.

Enclosing and extending around the pad and the tray obliquely holdingthe same is a frame holding device of square or rectangular shape whichwill have an opening receiving the oblique tray and pad combination.

This oblique tray or pedestal may alsobe approximately of rectangularcontour and it has a forward extension which will project toward the lipor open sides of the cover and container element.

The'cover may carry suitable insignia to indicate the character and typeof the contents.

The entire plastic combination, which will produce a box and pad forsupporting or displaying the watches, wi ether to be for ladies or menswatches may have an exterior sandblast finish and an interior liquidbone finish.

Desirably the overall total height of the box should be about 2 to 3"and a total length of about 4 to 5" and a lateral width of about 3 /2 to4 /2".v

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination 'ice and arrangement of parts ashereinafter more specifically, described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings,

wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to beunderstood that changes, variations and 'modifications can be resortedto which fall within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

in the drawings, wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views: FIG. 1 is 'a top view of thecontainer with the hinged portion at the top and the opening portion atthe bottom.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view taken upon the line 22 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view taken upon the line 3-3 of PEG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken upon the cover A and arelatively shallow base container section B.

The base container section B may be provided with the feetlh projectingdownwardly from the bottom face 11 thereof.

At the sides, the box has the upwardlydivergent 45 degree walls 12 and asimilar 45 degree wall 13 at the front thereof.

At the top edge of the curved divergent portions 12 and 13, there arethe various wall sections 14 and 15 (see FIGS. 4 and 5).

The rear wall 16 is somewhat heavier and thicker than the side walls 12,13, 14 and 15, and at its upper end, it terminates in the hinged portion17.

The interior face 18 of the bottom wall 11 has an upstanding back rib19- and side ribs 20 which serve to locate the oblique pedestal C (seeparticularly FIG. 5).

This oblique pedestal tray C has a forwardly extending lip 21 and thebase portion 22 which fits inside of the location fins or ribs w and2'9.

The tray C also has the upwardly and outwardly curved divergent shortfront wall 23 and relatively higher rear wall together with the sidewalls 25.

The side walls 2% incline downwardly and upwardly at their upper facesto the top face or edge 26 of the front Walls.

The top face 27 of the rear wall 24 will extend up into the enclosure A.I

I The location fins or ribs 19 and 20 will be of horse shoe shape asindicated in the'lower part of FIG. 6, and they will reach their maximumwidth at 23.

The bottom of the oblique'tray or pedestal 22will have a similar shapeso as to telescope or fit thereinto and be Extending fore and aft of therecess portion 34 on' either side of the annular box 33 will'be therecessed portions 35 and 36 (see FIG. 6) which carry the watch straps.

These recessed portions will terminate in the indentations 37 and 38 bymeans of which the strap may pass under the display pad D.

The cover A has a central upwardly domed wall 55 which has an extensiondownwardly to a recess 56 at the rear inside of a peripheral ridge 57(see FIG.

The domed top portion as shown in FIG. 4 will also slope down to therecess 58 which is in the side of the elevated structure 59.

The rear ridge 57 constitutes the upper edge of the downwardly divergentback wall 60 (see FIG. 5) and the ridge 59 constitutes the ridge of thedownwardly divergent side wall 61 (see FIG. 4).

Extending forwardly, the upper domed portion will have a recessed curvedforwardly and downwardly extension 62 which terminates in the groove 53inside of the upwardly projecting edge 64.

i The upwardly projecting edge 64 constitutes the top edge of thedownwardly divergent front wall 65 of the cover element A (see FIG. 5).

The hinge construction is shown in small scale in FIG. 6 and in largescale in FIG. 7.

This hinge construction consists of the inwardly directed flanges havingthe inturned projections 81 which extend closely adjacent to but do notcontact the faces 82.

The side structures 83 are provided with the recess 84 which extendsbetween the sections 83 and the sections 85.

On either side, the interior edge 85 of the rear wall 69 will extend tothe side wall 61, to position the hinge construction on the coverelement A.

The hinge construction on the container element is similar and isprovided with the flanges 87 (see FIG. 6) with the projection portions88. 7

These portions extend to the box 89 and then the wall portions 9t) ofthe rear wall 69 continue to the side.

The inside frame E is held in position by means of the interior stops orshoulders 91 along the interior of the side walls 61 (see FIG. 3), andthe interior of the front wall 65 as the shoulder 92 receives thedepending oblique front wall 92 of the frame E.

The frame E will abut the rear wall 60 as indicated at 94.

The frame E will have a central opening 95 which will expose the pad Dand permit the watch on such pad to project therethrough and beconveniently displayed.

The entire structure may be molded of plastic, and the cover A, the basestructure B, the pedestal C, the pad D and the frame B may be readilyfitted together to form the entire display package and container of thepresent invention.

As many changes could be made in the above hinged watch box, and manywidely different embodiments of this invention could be made withoutdeparting from the scope of the claims, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description shall be interpreted as illustrativeand not in a limiting sense.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of theinvention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, what isclaimed is:

l. A molded plastic display box for merchandising and displaying watchesand the like comprising a relatively shallow lower container structure,a relatively deep cover element hinged to the rear of the containerstructure, an interior oblique pedestal tray member mounted in thebottom of the base, a display pad mounted in said pedestal tray memberand an open frame mounted in said cover element, said open frameextending obliquely downwardly and rearwardly and across and contactingthe upper sides of the tray member and the upper sides of the traymember extending obliquely upwardly and rearwardly into the interior ofthe cover element at its upper portion and said tray member being wedgedforwardly in the base of the shallow lower container element.

2. A molded plastic display box for merchandising and displaying watchesand the like comprising a relatively shallow lower container structure,a relatively deep cover element hinged to the rear of the containerstructure, an interior oblique pedestal tray member mounted in thebottom of the base, a display pad mounted in said pedestal tray memberand an open frame mounted in said cover element, said containerconstruction having a curved horseshoe shaped location fin and said traymemher also having a horseshoe shaped bottom structure to be mountedwithin said horseshoe shaped location fin, said open frame extendingobliquely downwardly and rearwardly and across and contacting the uppersides of the tray member and the upper sides of the tray memberextending obliquely upwardly and rearwardly into the interior of thecover element at its upper portion and said tray member being wedgedforwardly in the base of the shallow lower container element.

3. A molded plastic display box for merchandising and displaying watchesand the like comprising a relatively shallow lower container structure,a relatively deep cover element hinged to the rear of the containerstructure, an interior oblique pedestal tray member mounted in thebottom of the base, a display pad mounted in said pedestal tray memberand an open frame mounted in said cover element, said container elementhaving a peripheral shoulder along the interior inside walls thereof toreceive and hold said frame structure, said open frame extendingobliquely downwardly and rearwardly and across and contacting the uppersides of the tray member and the upper sides of the tray memberextending obliquely upwardly and rearwardly into the interior of thecover element at its upper portion and said tray member being wedgedforwardly in the base of the shallow lower container element.

4. A molded plastic display box for merchandising and displaying watchesand the like comprising a relatively shallow lower container structure,a relatively deep cover element hinged to the rear of the containerstructure, an interior oblique pedestal tray member mounted in thebottom of the base, a display pad mounted in said pedestal tray memberand an open frame mounted in said cover element, said display padconsisting of upwardly projecting domed structure with a central recessreceived within a location portion in the upper part of the obliquepedestal tray member, said open frame extending obliquely downwardly andrearwardly and across and contacting the upper sides of the tray memberand the upper sides of the tray member extending obliquely upwardly andrearwardly into the interior of the cover element at its upper portionand said tray member being wedged forwardly in the base of the shallowlower container element.

5. A hinged plastic display and receptacle box for a watch and strapcomprising molded plastic cover and base enclosure elements, the baseelement having a flat bottom with incurved curved side and front wallsand upper slightly diverging vertical edges and a straight rear wall,and the cover having a slightly domed top with substantially verticalslightly downwardly diverging side walls abutting at their lower edges,said vertical edges of the base element, said cover element carrying amolded frame element extending interiorly around the inner faces of thediverging walls and having a central opening with downwardly extendingedge portions and said base having upwardly extending integrally moldedrear and side fins and terminating short of the front curved wall, amolded plastic insert tray holder having a closed bottom portion fittedbetween the side fins and the rear fin having upwardly extending firstinwardly and then outwardly curved front, back and lateral sides withupper vertical edges terminating so that the front side upper edge isbelow the upper edge of the bottom front wall and back side upper edgeis above the upper edge of the straight rear wall and terminates closelyadjacent the rear portion of the interior of the domed top and the sidesand the oblique side edges extend obliquely upwardly and rearwardly,said insert tray holder carrying an oblique shelf closing the topthereof just slightly below said upper vertical edges and a plasticcurved upwardly domed display tray clamped between the oblique sideedges and extending across the abutting edges of the walls of the coverand base elements, and having central recess and front and aft recessedchannel extending from the front to the rear of the tray, and the sidedownwardly edge portions of the tray contacting and pressing down on theside vertical edges of the plastic tray holder and extending obliquelydownwardly from the front to the rear across said vertical side edges tohold said tray holder down against the base.

6. The box of claim 5, said tray holder having an ovular horseshoeshaped bottom and said fins having the same shape so that the ovularshaped bottom may be jammed forwardly thereinto.

7. A molded plastic box having a front closure and a rear hinge fordisplaying watches and the like having a shallow lower container portionand deep upper cover portion, said portions having respectively upwardlyand downwardly outwardly divergent side front and back thin side wallsmeeting and abutting at their upper and lower edges, said containerhaving an upwardly and inwardly extending oblique peripheral frameportion having its lower edges attached to the upper interior edges ofthe side walls of the container portion, the frame having upwardlyprojecting upwardly concave front, back and side sections extending to agreater height at the front of the box than the rear and the sidesections having downwardly extending vertical lips, an internal traysupport having outwardly divergent lower inwardly curved and upperoutwardly curved support extensions, said extensions extending to ahigher position at the rear of the box than at the front of the box, anda forwardly inclined removable display tray mounted in said tray supportand the rear side walls having a double wall structure and interveningrecessed portions to form said hinge and an upstanding locator structureon the bottom of said container for said tray support.

8. The box of claim 7, said locator structure consisting of upwardlyextending short vertical fin members to engage the lower side and backof the bottom of the tray support, said tray support being closed at itsbase and having a flat bottom, said flat bottom being located againstand contacting the base of the container portion.

9. The box of claim 7, said tray support having a widened mouth held inposition by said vertical lips at the sides thereof and said mouth beinginclined upwardly and rearwardly from the level of the abutting edges toabout the level of the top of the cover portion.

10. The box of claim 7, said frame portion encircling and enclosing saidtray support and having a mouth opening above the tray support and abovethe tray support at the front of the box and below the tray support andtray at the rear of the box.

11. The box of claim 7, said tray support having a horse-shoe curvedside and rear wall structure at the lower inwardly curved extensions.

12. The box of claim 7, said cover portion having a dome top wall andsaid container portion having a flat bottom wall and said tray supportand tray together having a bottom flat wall against the bottom wall ofthe container portion and having an upwardly curved display portionextending upwardly into the container portion from front to rear andcurving into the cover portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,966,662 Downs et al July 17, 1934 2,180,885 Sundee Nov. 21, 19392,867,353 Botham Jan. 6, 1959 2,919,023 Braum Dec. 29, 1959 top wall ofthe

7. A MOLDED PLASTIC BOX HAVING A FRONT CLOSURE AND A REAR HINGE FORDISPLAYING WATCHES AND THE LIKE HAVING A SHALLOW LOWER CONTAINER PORTIONAND DEEP UPPER COVER PORTION, SAID PORTIONS HAVING RESPECTIVELY UPWARDLYAND DOWNWARDLY OUTWARDLY DIVERGENT SIDE FRONT AND BACK THIN SIDE WALLSMEETING AND ABUTTING AT THEIR UPPER AND LOWER EDGES, SAID CONTAINERHAVING AN UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY EXTENDING OBLIQUE PERIPHERAL FRAMEPORTION HAVING ITS LOWER EDGES ATTACHED TO THE UPPER INTERIOR EDGES OFTHE SIDE WALLS OF THE CONTAINER PORTION, THE FRAME HAVING UPWARDLYPROJECTING UPWARDLY CONCAVE FRONT, BACK AND SIDE SECTIONS EXTENDING TO AGREATER HEIGHT AT THE FRONT OF THE BOX THAN THE REAR AND THE SIDESECTIONS HAVING DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING VERTICAL LIPS, AN INTERNAL TRAYSUPPORT HAVING OUTWARDLY DIVERGENT LOWER INWARDLY CURVED AND UPPEROUTWARDLY CURVED SUPPORT EXTENSIONS, SAID EXTENSIONS EXTENDING TO AHIGHER POSITION AT THE REAR OF THE BOX THAN AT THE FRONT OF THE BOX, ANDA FORWARDLY INCLINED REMOVABLE DISPLAY TRAY MOUNTED IN SAID TRAY SUPPORTAND THE REAR SIDE WALLS HAVING A DOUBLE WALL STRUCTURE AND INTERVENINGRECESSED PORTIONS TO FORM SAID HINGE AND AN UPSTANDING LOCATOR STRUCTUREON THE BOTTOM OF SAID CONTAINER FOR SAID TRAY SUPPORT.